Posts by Erik van den Broek

An informal and independent network of Dutch open badge users have united in “Open Badges Nederland”. Goals are to exchange best practices, improve the use of open badges through the support of projects, and improve knowledge and acceptance on policy level for all learning contexts. For mid January 2019 a national Open Badge Conference is in the making. The new […]

News Release | May 03, 2017 At the end of April, the European partners who cooperate in the field of Open Badges held their project meeting at DUO in Groningen. The three-year Erasmus + project ‘Open Badge Network’ is now coming to an end. DUO, is part of the Dutch Ministry of Education. DUO’s International […]

Hamelhuys, located in Groningen NL, is a walk-in consultation centre for cancer patients and their families. These consultation centres work with volunteers, are not-for-profit and depend financially on donations and sponsors. This was the environment where an Open Badge pilot started, with the following characteristics: Badges are based on a existing competency standard, they are […]

Since over ten years, Europass is a succesful portfolio of clearly defined but closed set of documents that individuals can use to communicate and present their qualifications and competences. But the labour market has transformed. People communicate and manage their skills and qualifications in new ways; employers need information to assist them understand, trust and recognise all forms of skills acquired […]

In most cases, a badge is issued by an organisation, on the basis of certain criteria. So one has to “earn” this kind of badges. But other possibilities exist too. Some badges can be applied for by yourself. This comes in different flavours: it is possible that proof is needed to obtain that badge, and has to be […]

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